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Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 250

African Wheat. Too Much Rust

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

A message from Capetown states that the South Africa departmental committee's report upon wheat-growing in the Union, which has just been issued,…

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Butter for Britain. Contract or Open Sate

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 5

A conference of the whole of the butter-factory owners of New South Wales is to be held in Sydney on March 5th to consider the making of a…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. a Market Much Improved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 8

There was a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of 38,918 sheep and lambs from 227 owners. Nearly all the stock came from New South Wales, but there were…

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London Wool Sales. American Buyers' Advantage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The chairman of the Central Wool Committee has received the following cable from the Director of Raw Materials London--…

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Wheat Tangle Conspiracy Charge Further Evidence To-day

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

The case in which William Alexander Robinson, Edward Patrick Michael Sheedy, Julian Thomas Martin, and Reginald Arthur Rheuben are charged…

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Grow More Wheat. Mr. G. W. Walker's Advice

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

Speaking at a complimentary dinner tendered to him by a number of friends in Sydney last week Mr.George Washington Walker, of the well-known firm…

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Victorian Wheat Now in Sydney Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 6

From an early hour morning, the metropolitan flour mills have been received Victorian milling wheat of good quality, ex the Werribee. Her cargo will…

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Store Sheep at Homebush Matter of Trucks. Immediate Action Necessary

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

In Friday's Journal we pointed out the need for making available a number of trucks at Homebush each sale-day to take store sheep back to the…

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Perils of To-day Dr. Kelly to His Flock Advice in Lenten Pastoral

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, in his Lenten Pastoral, refers to the necessity for periodical prayer and penance, and for confession and…

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Sale of Surplus Milk Menangle Dairy-farmees Confer. Local Deliveries

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 6

The dairy-farmers of the Menangle (N.S.W.) district met the directors of Camden Park Estate, Ltd., last week to discuss the subject of local delivery of…

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Sydney Stock Exchange. Wheat Scrip Quiet. War Bonds Steady

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 3

Transactions in investment stocks continued brisk on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 8

At the wool sales to-day, there was a spirited sale for merinos at late rates. Prices for fine medium crossbreds were unchanged, lower sorts being largely withdrawn…

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Sheep-dips Embargo Lifted From the Imported Article. Stocks Released for Sale

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 5

After having refused for several months to release the stocks of Cooper's sheep-dip that have been held in bond at various ports in Australia,…

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The Wheat Tangle the Government's Reply to Its Critics. a Blunder Admitted

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 3

The Nationalists have discovered that in the country electorates, at any rate, the principal obstacle that they have to overcome is the resentment of the…

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Flocks and Herds—breeding and Feeding the Wool Pool Pastoralists in West Darling Districts in Favor. a Promise of Support

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 6

A Special meeting of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling (N.S.W.) was held in Broken Hill last week to consider the advisability or otherwise…

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A Red Cross Farm the Care of Consumpt Soldiers. a Farm Settlement

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2

The New South Wales division of the Australian Red Cross Society, acting under an arrangement with the Defence Department and the Repatriation…

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Land Settlement and Railways Repatriation the Federal Territory Available for Settlement. Farms for Soldiers

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2

A definite start has been made in opening up the more accessible lands in the federal territory, and making them available for soldier-settlement…

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Pig-Breeders Organise a Northern Rivers Association. Guarding Farmers' Interests

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 6

Major A.H.Raesam, the well-known broeder and oxhibitor of high-class stud pigs, of Rosebank, Richmond River (N.S.W.), is taking steps to…

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A Gale at Piji. Damage to the Cocoanut Crops

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

Severe gale occurred at Taviuni Labana, in the Fiji Islands, on day night last. It reached Suva Wednesday, and then proceeded in a…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Stack Ensilage a Demonstration on the Nambucca River. Improved Methods

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

An interesting demonstration in stack casilage making was given on Mr.A. Reid's farm at Warrell Creek, Nambucca River (N.S.W.), by the…

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